- Test Debut v Australia at Adelaide - December 2000
- ODI Debut v Sri Lanka at Nairobi (Gym) - October 2000
- Right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler.
- Made his test debut at the age of 19 and had yet to represent his native Jamaica.
- Samuels used to skip his schoolwork believing exams to be unimportant to a test cricketer.
- Almost got him sent home from India in 2002 after he ignored the team curfew but stayed on and recorded his first Test century.
- Was dropped after the two Test matches against Sri Lanka in 2003 because of his form and injury.
- Scored his first test hundred against India in 2002.
- Only made 15 runs in 12 matches during the 2006-07 season.
- Was selected for the World Cup after making 216 runs including a match winning 98 against India.
- Made the World Cup squad despite the ICC investigation into an alleged link with a bookmaker.